$3,500 & $1,000 Grants

The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for their Spring 2022 artist grants. They are offering grants in the amount of $3,500 (2 available) and $1,000 (4 available) to artists & photographers worldwide working in all media. In total, 6 artists will receive unrestricted cash grants.

Submissions will be juried by
— Jody Graf, Assistant Curator, MoMA PS1
— Pamela Meadows, Curator, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Their open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via their online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 63k.

The Hopper Prize is open to all artists age 18 and older working in any media. There are no restrictions on genre, subject matter, or media. We welcome entries in all media.

They are committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers. All artists are encouraged to apply.

The Hopper Prize supports artists working in all media, from diverse backgrounds, in wide-ranging geographic locations. Past grant winners include:
— Rafael Perez Evans, London, United Kingdom
— Jazmine Harris, Chicago, Illinois
— Anya Roberts-Toney, Portland, Oregon
— Cathy Hsiao, Chicago, Illinois
— Julia Gutman, Sydney, Australia
— Sagarika Sundaram, New York, New York
— Abi Salami, Dallas, Texas
— Abigail Lucien, Baltimore, Maryland
— Hasani Sahlehe, Atlanta, Georgia
— Laura Berger, Chicago, Illinois
— Jennifer Sirey, Brooklyn, New York
— Cielo Felix-Hernandez, Richmond, Virginia
— Akihiro Boujoh, Utrecht, Netherlands
— Joey Solomon, Brooklyn, New York
— Lynnea Holland-Weiss, Cleveland, Ohio
— Susan Chen, Hartford, Connecticut
— Yannick Lowery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
— Andrea Ferrero, Mexico City, Mexico
— Christopher Desanges, Boston, Massachusetts
— Dominic Hawgood, London, United Kingdom
— Kira Dominguez Hultgren, San Francisco, California
— Vikesh Kapoor, Sunset Pines
— Adrian Coleman, London, United Kingdom
— Trish Tillman, New York, New York
— Nicholas Moenich, Brooklyn, New York
— Elena Bajo, Los Angeles, California
— Vanessa da Silva, London, United Kingdom
— Mark Baugh-Sasaki, San Francisco, California
— Genevieve Cohn, Bloomington, Indiana
— Sydney Cook, Baltimore, Maryland
— Jinyong Park, London, United Kingdom
— Isabel Yellin, Los Angeles, California
— Alex Callender, Northampton, Massachusetts
— Alicia Eggert, Denton, Texas
— Daniel McCarthy Clifford, Minneapolis, Minnesota
— Juan Giraldo, New York, New York
— Maja Ruznic, Los Angeles, California
— Letitia Huckaby, Benbrook, Texas
— Tracy Kerdman, Saugerties, New York
— Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa
— Christopher Meerdo, Chicago, Illinois
— Erik Parra, San Francisco, California

Explore the past winners archive at https://hopperprize.org/fall-2021-grant-winners-finalists/

Requirements

The Hopper Prize maintains a simple grant application to reduce the stress of submitting your work and save you time. The application is short and can be completed in under 20 minutes.
To apply for a grant, you only need to submit this information:
— Name & Email
— Instagram Username (optional)
— Up to 10 Image or Video attachments
— Artwork captions
— Artist Statement & Biography (optional)
— $40 submission fee